| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§1, ¶C-1 is enacted to read: |
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| C-1.__"Marine-related property" means seaweed, rockweed, | marine vegetation, stones, gravel, ore or property of any | kind on intertidal land. |
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| | Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 585, §3, | is further amended to read: |
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| A. Cut down, destroy, damage or carry away any forest | product, ornamental or fruit tree, agricultural | product, stones, gravel, ore, goods or property of any | kind from land not that person's own; or |
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| | Sec. 3. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 450, §2, | is amended to read: |
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| C. Disturb, remove or destroy any lawfully established | transit point, reference point, stake, plug, hub, | guardstake, bench mark, pipe, iron, concrete post, stone | post or other monument of any railroad, highway, public | utility or other engineering location or survey or any such | monument marking the bounds of public or private property.; | or |
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| | Sec. 4. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| D.__Cut down, harvest, destroy, injure or carry away any | marine-related property from intertidal__land not that | person's own. |
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| | Sec. 5. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§3, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| D.__When marine-related property has been cut down, | harvested, destroyed, injured or carried away, the owner may | recover as damages the value of the lost property. |
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| | Sec. 6. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 585, §3, | is amended to read: |
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| C. In addition to the damages recoverable under paragraphs | A and, B or D, a person who violates subsection 2 is also | liable to the owner for the costs the owner may incur if the | violation results in a violation of any federal, state or | local law or ordinance and, as a result, the owner becomes | the subject of an enforcement proceeding. These costs | include attorney's fees, costs and the value of the owner's | time spent on involvement in the enforcement proceeding. |
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